Big Picture It’s not panic stations yet, but Delhi Capitals wouldn’t want a third straight defeat to begin IPL 2023. A batting line-up sans Rishabh Pant, their talismanic leader, has looked wonky with the engine room of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw yet to click into gear. The middle-order batters were undone by raw pace of Alzarri Joseph and the relentlessness of Mohammed Shami in Capitals’ previous game against Gujarat…
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan praised the visiting Ireland team for mounting a comeback on the third day of the Dhaka Test, but said that the hosts had never lost faith in themselves at any stage of the game. Ireland recovered from 13 for 4 – and then 51 for 5 – at one stage to eventually score 292 in the second innings, and set Bangladesh a respectable 138 to…
“உலககோப்பையில் வெற்றி பெறுவதற்கு சூர்யகுமார் யாதவ் போன்ற ஒரு மேட்ச் வின்னர் இந்திய அணிக்குத் தேவை.” Source: ESPN Crickinfo
மும்பை இந்தியன்ஸ் அணி காயம் காரணமாக விலகிய ஆஸ்திரேலிய வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ஜை ரிச்சர்சனுக்கு மாற்று ஆட்டக்காரராக மற்றொரு ஆஸ்திரேலிய வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ரைலி மெரிடித்தை ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துள்ளது. கடந்த ஆண்டு மும்பை இந்தியன்ஸ் அணிக்காக விளையாடிய மெரிடித், மொத்தம் எட்டு ஆட்டங்களில் எட்டு விக்கெட்டுகள் கைப்பற்றினார். ஐபிஎல் 2023 ஏலத்துக்கு முன்பாக அணியில் இருந்து அவர் விடுவிக்கப்பட்டார். சமீபத்தில் நடந்து முடிந்த பிபிஎல் போட்டியில் 14 ஆட்டங்களில் விளையாடிய மெரிடித், 21 விக்கெட்டுகளைக் கைப்பற்றினார். இதுவரை ஐந்து சர்வதேச ஆட்டங்கள் உள்பட 77 இருபது ஓவர் ஆட்டங்களில் களமிறங்கியுள்ள அவர் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக 100 விக்கெட்டுகளைக் கைப்பற்றியுள்ளார். ஜை…
Despite Suryakumar Yadav‘s recent lean form, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes India should back him going into the home 50-over World Cup later this year. “Everyone around the world knows what Surya [Suryakumar] can do in white-ball cricket. They should stick with him, I feel,” Ponting told the ICC Review. “Because he is I think the kind of player that can win you a World Cup. Related Dravid: India…
The IPL feels as loud as it’s ever been! In the latest episode of Stump Mic, Sanjay Manjrekar, Matt Roller, Vishal Dikshit and Kaustubh Kumar look back at the first week of the 2023 season, with focus on the new rules, numerous injuries, and more. Further reading: Source: ESPN Crickinfo
After his impressive debut series in India, where he started with a seven-wicket haul in Nagpur, Murphy was one of the new names on this year’s list. Partly he may have benefited from the additional four deals that could be handed out under the new MoU, but it was also acknowledgment for answering one of the questions that has started to lurk over the Australia men’s Test team in the…
Ireland 214 and 292 (Tucker 108, McBrine 72, Tector 56, Taijul 4-90, Ebadot 3-37) lead Bangladesh 369 (Mushfiqur 126, Shakib 87, Mehidy 55, McBrine 6-118) by 137 runs Ireland set Bangladesh a target of 138 after they were bowled out for 292 on the fourth morning of the Dhaka Test. They batted for 36 minutes, adding six runs to their overnight score of 286 for 8, with Ebadot Hossain taking…
Derbyshire 300 for 8 (Madsen 87, Godleman 70, Waite 3-43) vs Worcestershire Wayne Madsen was quickly back in the groove for Derbyshire on a day of fluctuating fortunates against Worcestershire in the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby. Last season’s leading run-scorer in the competition launched his 15th season for the county with 87 from 134 balls before Derbyshire lost late wickets to close on 300 for 8. Billy Godleman…
Yorkshire 285 for 3 (Bean 118, Malan 91*) vs Leicestershire Finlay Bean – now there is a name to reckon with, a name that has a touch of the dramatic about it, a suspect in an Agatha Christie novel perhaps, and one not often hollered in the pubs and clubs of Cleckheckmondsidge. Such was the conviction of his stately strokeplay in his maiden first-class century that this tall left-hander might…